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Eulogy, a review by Tom

Title: Eulogy
Year: 2004
Director: Michael Clancy
Rating: 14
Length: 91 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 , French: Dolby Digital Surround , Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Spanish

Stars:
Zooey Deschanel
Hank Azaria
Rip Torn
Ray Romano
Piper Laurie
Kelly Preston
Famke Janssen

Plot:
Last rites. Last words. Last laughs.

When three generations of a dysfunctional family gather in Rhode Island to bury the family patriarch, members of the Collins clan are at each other's throats in no time. Son Daniel is a secret porn actor, and daughter Lucy is a lesbian. Lucy totes along her lover Judy to the outrage of Lucy's aggressively neurotic sister Alice, whose hysterical overreaction to the pair's marriage plans ought to tell everyone something. Rounding out the delightful crowd are dim brother Skip, whose unfailingly rude twin sons offer caustic commentary on their elders' infantile predilections; matriarchal widow Charlotte, who becomes so justifiably distraught at the insanity of her children she tries to commit suicide; and Kate, a confused but comely college freshman who juggles preparation of the eulogy with internal debate over what to do with her childhood friend-turned-suitor, Ryan.

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes
Scene Access
Storyboard Comparisons
Trailers

This movie did no do so well with the critics, but I enjoyed it. I came across it, because Zooey Deschanel is in it. How many of you buy movies just because an actress you enjoyed in the past is in it?

The cast is well known (at least to me) and they all did a good job (even Ray Romano ).
There is even a minor but fun role played by Rene Auberjoinois (Odo from DS9).

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on November 2nd, 2008)

The First Men in the Moon (2010), a review by GSyren

H.G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon (5-051561-032103)

United Kingdom 2010 | Released 2010-10-25 on DVD from 2 entertain Video

88 minutes | Aspect ratio Anamorphic 1.78:1 | Audio: English Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo

Directed by Damon Thomas and starring Rory Kinnear, Mark Gatiss, Alex Riddell, Peter Forbes, Katherine Jakeways

My thoughts about H.G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon:

It was interesting to compare the BBC version of First Men in the Moon to the 1964 Harryhausen version. I must say that for a low budget TV movie, this one looks really good. It is more Wells and less Harryhausen. Well, obviously Harryhausen didn't participate in the making of this film, but the Selenites bear a striking resemblance to Harryhausen's. I'm fairly sure I read the book back in the 50's or 60's, and I know for sure that I read the Classic Illustrated. But my memory of either is totally overshadowed by the memory of the 1964 film. So it's hard for me to determine how closely this film follows the book. Like the 1964 film, this one has a framing story set at the time of the first "modern" moon landing. The 1964 film only speculated on how the modern moon landing would look, of course, since that film was made 5 years before the actual moon landing. While not as good as the Harryhausen film, I still liked this one quite a lot.

I rate this title

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on April 16th, 2015)

The Flash Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Guest Stars:
Vito D'Ambrosio as Bellows
Biff Manard as Murphy
George Dickerson as Quinn
Mike Genovese as Lt. Warren Garfield
Deborah May as Ruth Werneke

My Thoughts:
A good episode. I did enjoy it... but I have to say I thought the antidote for the toxin that was released in Star Labs was a bit on the convenient side.

My Rating:

(From The Flash Marathon on April 13th, 2010)